🇷🇺 Русский · A1 Beginner

Learn Russian A1

From the Cyrillic alphabet to your first conversations — a free, complete Russian course for English speakers. Eleven chapters covering script, the six cases at A1 depth, vocabulary, listening and speaking, ending with TORFL Elementary exam preparation.

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Главы · A1 Beginner
1
Кириллица — The Cyrillic Alphabet
Hard/soft vowel pairs, false-friend and unique letters, ь/ъ, stress marking and vowel reduction
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2
Знакомство — Meeting People
ты vs вы, pronouns with no copula, question words, negation, gender from endings, numbers 0–10
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3
Настоящее время — Present-Tense Verbs
1st and 2nd conjugation, irregulars (хотеть, идти, есть), «У меня есть», family vocabulary
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4
Множественное число и винительный падеж
Nominative plural, accusative for inanimate and animate nouns, любить/видеть/смотреть
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5
Предложный падеж — Prepositional
в/на for location, Где?, о/об, pronouns, house and city vocabulary
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6
Родительный падеж — Genitive
нет + genitive, possession, numbers 2–4 vs 5+, из/от/до/без, dates and months
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7
Дательный падеж — Dative
Indirect objects, «Мне 20 лет», нравиться, к and по, pronouns in dative
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8
Творительный падеж — Instrumental
Means and tools, быть/стать + profession, с + instrumental, six-case recap chart
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9
Числа, время и календарь
Numbers 11–100, telling time, days, months, seasons, ordinals and dates
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10
Повседневная жизнь — Everyday Life
Shopping, café, directions, phone calls, and a comprehensive review of chapters 2–9
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11
TORFL Elementary Exam Prep
Two full mock exams: Лексика и грамматика, Чтение, Аудирование, Письмо, Говорение, Результаты
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